Rapid Growth and Fear of Crime: A Four-Community Comparison.

Krannich, Richard S.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ324280

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Publication Date: 1985

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Rapid Growth and Fear of Crime: A Four-Community Comparison.

Krannich, Richard S.; And Others

Rural Sociology, v50 n2 p193-209 Sum 1985

A survey of 441 adults from four small rural Utah and Wyoming communities exhibiting highly divergent population growth patterns indicates residents of energy "boom" towns do not report criminal victimization experiences that differ from those in "nonboom" communities, but they do exhibit significantly higher fear of crime. (NEC)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Crime, Fear, Population Growth, Rural Areas, Rural Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Utah; Wyoming

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